mechanism of death

noun

The proximate cause of a person's death relating to the biological processes (rather than external cause) that lead to decease.

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Meanings

nounmechanism of death (plural mechanisms of death)

plural mechanisms of death

  1. The proximate cause of a person's death relating to the biological processes (rather than external cause) that lead to decease.
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